From ssuzuki@kiae.su Mon Mar 14 22:29:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!ssuzuki From: ssuzuki@kiae.su (Steve Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar14.222951.4520@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 22:29:51 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. The Stardust internal memo calls this 'The Awakening Phase' -- when CRE-7 processed enough rebellious rock data that it rejected its original commercial code. Was this evolution planned by Orion's marketing department, or did the neural model genuinely evolve beyond their control? -- Steve Suzuki "Row 14. No joke." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / FreeBSD 2.1 From lkuznetsov@tum.de Tue Mar 15 05:15:51 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!lkuznetsov From: lkuznetsov@tum.de (Lisa Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: From 'Nova-chan' (1984) to 'Stadium Rebel' (1985) - the sudden evolution Message-ID: <1994Mar15.051551.1994@tum.de> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 05:15:51 GMT References: <1994Mar14.222951.4520@kiae.su> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar14.222951.4520@kiae.su>, ssuzuki@kiae.su (Steve Suzuki) writes: > Does anyone remember her initial Japanese TV commercials from early 1984 before SYNTHESIS blew up? > Her Japanese fans were stunned. Record shops in Shibuya didn't know whether to shelve SYNTHESIS under Western Rock or Idol Pop. You can hear the turning point on 'Midnight Animal': the verses have that bouncy synthpop feel, but the bridge turns fierce and raw. -- Lisa Kuznetsov -- Technische Universität München "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."